Dasia vyneri
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Dasia |
| Species: | D. vyneri
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| Binomial name | |
| Dasia vyneri (Shelford, 1905)
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Dasia vyneri, also known commonly as Shelford's skink and Vyner's tree skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Southeast Asia.
Etymology
The specific name, vyneri, is in honor of Charles Vyner de Windt Brooke, who was the last White Raja of Sarawak.[3]
Geographic range
D. vyneri is known only from Sarawak, Malaysia.[4]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of D. vyneri is forest.[1]
Description
D. vyneri may attain a snout-to-vent length of 6.6 cm (2.6 in).[5]
Behavior
D. vyneri is an arboreal species.[2]
Reproduction
References
- ^ a b Iskandar D, McGuire J (2018). "Lamprolepis vyneri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T101741020A101741023. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T101741020A101741023.en. Downloaded on 10 April 2020.
- ^ a b c Dasia vyneri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2019.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lampropelis vyneri, p. 277).
- ^ Das, Indraneil (2004). "A new locality for the rare bornean Skink, Lamprolepis vyneri (Shelford, 1905) (Sauria: Scincidae)". Asiatic Herpetological Research 10: 241-244.
- ^ Das I (2006). A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Borneo. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books.144 pp. ISBN 0-88359-061-1. (Lamprolepis vyneri, p. 111).
Further reading
- Greer AE (1970). "The Relationships of the Skinks Referred to the Genus Dasia ". Breviora (348): 1–30. (Lamprolepis vyneri, new combination, p. 19).
- Shelford R (1905). "A new Lizard and a new Frog from Borneo". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Seventh Series 15: 208–210. ("Lygosoma (Keneuxia) Vyneri ", new species, pp. 208–209}.
- Smith MA (1937). "A Review of the Genus Lygosoma (Scincidae: Reptilia) and its Allies". Records of the Indian Museum 39 (3): 213–234. (Dasia vyneri, new combination, p. 226).
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